Vulcan Mini Cannon,

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Re: Vulcan Mini Cannon,

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The beauty of the flight will be made up by the music "Flight of the Valkyrie" which will thunder from the speaker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBbDFxSa-qk
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jarndice wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:54 am These dreadful on line company's went and sold me a 1/34 RC Huey with the promise it would get here in three weeks HUH They lied it got here in 2 weeks :haha: ,
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No pictures, it didn't happen. . . .
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Re: Vulcan Mini Cannon,

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I don't know about anybody else but I am getting mighty fed up with members of this Forum no matter how exalted they consider themselves making up the rules as they go along :poop:
I think I am about to upset someone :haha:
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Re: Vulcan Mini Cannon,

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jarndice wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 12:05 am I don't know about anybody else but I am getting mighty fed up with members of this Forum no matter how exalted they consider themselves making up the rules as they go along :poop:
What rules are you stating you're making up? I will write them in if they make sense lol.
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Re: Vulcan Mini Cannon,

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Awright, calm down lads, calm down
jarndice wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:54 am Anyone interested I got mine from "Banggood".
Recommended.

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Yup I got one too.

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Along with some spares.

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And there are a huge range of options if you want to improve the accuracy.

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Or, if you wan to make love and not war...

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Re: Vulcan Mini Cannon,

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Found another contemporary image. Not much to do paint-wise. Just some metallic weathering. Some wiring details would be nice.

Jarndice - did you ever have anyone rotate the loaded Minigun by hand? For the uninitiated, the minigun is electrically spun, but the firing mechanism is mechanical. If you playfully rotated the barrel back at base, "bang"!

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Re: Vulcan Mini Cannon,

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If the machine gun does not have a belt with cartridges, then the barrel block can be easily rotated by hand......
A loaded weapon cannot be rotated in principle!
Partons from the belt will get stuck in the barrel!
The fact is that the feed stroke of the cartridges is designed so that after the shot only the cartridge case remains and if the cartridge comes out of the barrel completely after rotation, the mechanism will jam!
It is not designed so that it comes out unfired...
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Re: Vulcan Mini Cannon,

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I do not question your expertise with Miniguns, but please read page 43 (page 46 of the pdf) of this article. It is where I got my information. The author knew something about Miniguns in service during the '60s, but perhaps he is wrong.

https://www.raafansw.com/avMat/TBS_Firs ... ev2021.pdf
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Re: Vulcan Mini Cannon,

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Estnische wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2025 4:45 am Found another contemporary image. Not much to do paint-wise. Just some metallic weathering. Some wiring details would be nice.

Jarndice - did you ever have anyone rotate the loaded Minigun by hand? For the uninitiated, the minigun is electrically spun, but the firing mechanism is mechanical. If you playfully rotated the barrel back at base, "bang"!

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They would not allow the likes of this lowly soldier to touch such hi-tech equipment, :lolno: That was the job for an Armourer :thumbup:
I think I am about to upset someone :haha:
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Re: Vulcan Mini Cannon,

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When I got the Huey I ordered 2 door gunners to complement the helicopter from BNA Australia ( A good dealer and affordable even from the other side of the World) they arrived today and the box said they were made in ---Guess where ?
Vietnam :lolno:
I think I am about to upset someone :haha:
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